Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer are headed to Cooperstown.
The Baseball Writers Affiliation of America voted the three stars into the Corridor of Fame immediately, with two of them showing on the poll for the primary time.
Beltré, who performed for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, Boston Pink Sox and Texas Rangers, garnered probably the most votes, receiving 95.1 p.c. He obtained the third highest proportion of votes for third basemen, behind solely George Brett (98.2 p.c in 1999) and Mike Schmidt (96.5 p.c in 1995).
Beltré didn’t seem like on a Corridor of Fame monitor till his 30s. However 5 Golden Gloves, 4 Silver Slugger awards, 3,166 hits, 477 homers, and 1,707 RBI had been what received him elected in his first go-around.
Helton made it to Cooperstown after 5 years on the poll. The primary baseman obtained 79.7 p.c of votes after narrowly lacking the required 75 p.c threshold final 12 months. Identified greatest for his batting prowess from the late Nineties to early 2000s, Helton was plagued for years by the concept his numbers had been inflated by taking part in within the skinny air of Coors Area. Helton, who spent his complete profession with the Colorado Rockies, gained a batting title in 2000 and the Dwelling Run Derby in 2001. He was a four-time Silver Slugger as effectively.
Mauer, a local of St. Paul, Minnesota, was taken first total within the beginner draft by his hometown group in 2001 and gained the American League MVP with the Twins in 2009.
Mauer primarily served as Minnesota’s catcher, profitable three batting titles on the place. A concussion in 2013 prompted him to maneuver to first base, the place he spent the subsequent 5 seasons. Receiving 76.1 p.c of the votes, Mauer was elected in his first 12 months on the poll and is the third catcher to take action after Johnny Bench and Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez.
Reliever Billy Wagner got here up brief, getting 73.8 p.c of the vote in his ninth 12 months on the poll. Gary Sheffield missed the minimize in his ultimate look on the poll — the slugger obtained 63.9 p.c of votes — and should should depend on the Veteran’s Committee to induct him.
Many have questioned if Sheffield deserves a spot in Cooperstown after being implicated as a consumer of efficiency enhancing medication by way of the BALCO scandal. He hit 509 dwelling runs in 22 seasons.